For a Good Working OS System, Should CPU Usage Be High?

**Theresonly1** · #1 24th May 2009, 10:16

For a very good performanc Operating System working at its best, should the CPU Usage be high?

What about the memory?

My old computer CPU Usage was very high in its 50 - 60 %'s and the base was making hell alot of noise, ticking sounds all the time (suppose its doing much Paging because of the 1GB RAM it used to have)

But..

Now my new one's CPU Usage is about only 1% and am like

... plus the base is not making any much noise (infact alot quieter!!)

Cheers

**Hybr!d** · #2 24th May 2009, 10:17

Sounds like the old one was overworked and the new one underworked.

**Theresonly1** · #3 24th May 2009, 10:22

Yep that was what i was potentially thinking there. But that's just the start of me playing about with my new one (like i said in my other threads..)

**Theresonly1** · #4 24th May 2009, 10:23

Coming back to the topic here, is bad/dangerous for the system to be underworked?

**Hybr!d** · #5 24th May 2009, 10:27

No, be happy you have a powerfull PC. :D

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